Chord Inversions Made Simple

[@PianoFromScratch]

Check out Part 2 next on how to play and practice them - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n52XpYyDYtlknZY this includes how to play each one and move through them smoothly with good technique and some visual tips too to help you keep track of what you're playing. These are a fundamental thing to practice and aim to become fluent at finding and using

[@sergeynemkov1554]

It's really refreshing finding people like you who aren't beating around the bush for 2 minutes and then shilling a sponsor and themselves before getting on with the video, it's night and day compared to other youtubers that go through the whole thing as if they just had half of an idea 2 minutes ago and decided to film it all in one take... Apologies for the rant, tyvm and keep doing you, we appreciate ya :)

[@PianoFromScratch]

Yes, topics like this I carefully plan out how I want to deliver the information as best as I can. I try and make things as quality and valuable as possible first and foremost, that’s the most important thing. On the flipside though, sometimes youtubers do have to approach things from more of a business angle as well too as a bit of that’s needed to continue creating content and to help the channel do well and reach more people etc. As long as the actual content comes first of course though

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Agreed. I used PFS two years ago to learn chords and inversions, best video I have ever seen on this subject. I "mastered" triads early on, but I really haven't. Which is why I'm watching this again. I'm making another comment to go deeper, but this is really an excellent source.

[@ElRammo]

I've been playing piano for about 8 months and found this video very helpful, thank you.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Glad it helped!

[@MaxelMiliam]

Don't tell them but I understood way better with this video than with the Berklee/Coursera course I'm taking.

[@PianoFromScratch]

Ha, glad it helped man!

[@PianoMelodious-phh]

Thank you for always being a source of comfort and support in my life

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I wanted to make a comment on PFS videos since I find they are THE best ones for learning chords and inversions. I discovered his channel early on when I started two years ago, but then I made the mistake to learn sevenths, and even upper extensions too early. Jazz should be played by people that know music, and beginners shouldn't fool themselves. I decided to really master triads, and this weekend I had a practice session where I went back to these basic exercises to really understand. He made a great comment when he said that today we use slash chords. Several centuries ago we would have learned Thoroughbass. A chord is built up from the bass note. A root position chord has a third and a fifth and could be notated 3/5. But that would clutter up the page, so it is assumed that when a single bass note is indicated that it is the root, or tonic, with a 3 and a 5. First inversion has a bass note which is the third, and the root or tonic is now a sixth above, with the second note remaining as a "fifth" but it's a third above the third. This could be notated 3/5/6, but for the sake of not cluttering up the score, they leave out the 3/5 and call it a 6. Second inversion chords have a fifth, but there is a root (tonic) above it with a third above the tonic. From the tonic to the fifth is a fifth, an inversion of a perfect fifth is a perfect fourth, with another note a third above the tonic, but it is a sixth above the new bass note. So it could be notated as a 6/4. There is no further shortcut, and these are less common in older music notation so this was written out in full. So practice a (blank), a 6 and a 6/4. I talked with a professional musician who said that thoroughbass was the hardest course he took in university music school, which surprised me. It used to be the entry level course for all beginning musicians. There is also a special notation for seventh chords, but I still want to master my triads first. What did I practice? I tried an inversion exercise using an octave, and going back and forth with inversions that could be done within the octave from either above or below, and then alternating by going down to the fifth or up to the third. I'll take that to three and then four octaves, and really master it in every key. I'm using major chords at first, and will throw in minor chords next, then diminished and augmented, before adding seventh chords. I dabble with them now, but I'm not worried yet. I have time. Is this a plan over a month, or a year, or a even decade? Uhh, yes it is. Probably several decades. I'll take the time. Merci beaucoup.

[@aleh_o]

Been playing piano since I was 9, never had any of my piano teachers explained chords and chord inversions let alone circle of fifths. Your videos get to the point, no fluff, and is clear and easy to understand. I'm glad your videos found their way into my KZbin feed. 😊👍👌

[@Jonathan-ge4ll]

What were they teaching you😂

[@aleh_o]

@@Jonathan-ge4ll apparently not those things!

[@Ezek2517]

Now I understand!!! I now know why the chord progresion chart is maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, dim! Thank you

[@pagnonig]

You are an amazing teacher. I'm a complete beginner that just started playing chords via cheat sheets from other youtubers but here I'm finally finding the best explanations about how things work. Great job! You deserve 1M subs

[@williamsmith4651]

I bought all the PDFs. They print well and is the easiest explanation for beginning beatmakers or keyboardists. Also, I highly suggest learning this information if you play guitar--very helpful for that, too. Thanks!

[@edzielinski]

Excellent presentation on the essentials of chord inversions. Seeing the chords on the keys on the screen with the overlay of the chart above is really helpful. I'll be bookmarking this as a cheat sheet. Thanks!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks for the feedback, glad it helped!!

[@medicallyunexplainedsymptoms]

Great video. As someone who's playing keyboards in a group because someone had to and I own some synths (so not a pianist), I find inversions useful for economy of movement. Playing Em - Am - F is much less moving around with the second inversion of Am.

[@stephenebaraka2075]

Thanks 👍 I appreciate

[@chaggasfernandes]

Thanks for the lesson.

[@gerardmcloughlin1170]

Great lesson very clear and logical

[@mdezwart]

Very clear explanation. I really love this, so I bought some of the charts from your website. But I think, if I understood everything right you switched the first and second inversion of C minor. Please let me know if I'm right or if I don't understand something quite well yet.

[@andycordy5190]

Priceless

[@roxannearchibald1657]

Very well explained!

[@krishankaumadamusic]

Thank you so much.... 🥺❤🙏

[@salehal-tamimi5582]

excellent explanation

[@PianoFromScratch]

Hope it helped!

[@Robert-ts2ef]

How about doing a video on the main 5jazz 4note chords?

[@shirleyanngilbreath4353]

👌 really helpful thanks so much.

[@jailanselim2303]

Great video

[@rizukiichirou4272]

wow thanks for the explanation, all this time I played that shape without knowing it's called inversion 😂

[@evwoderelucky9360]

Nice one sir, can you give personal tutorial

[@abdeljabarelgueddari735]

Great job bro! Just keep going 🙂

[@PianoFromScratch]

Thanks! I will

[@deltafour1212]

What a godsend! I've been struggling to figure out a pattern or formula to do inversions and couldn't figure one out. Stumbled on this video and finally provided the answer. Like/Subscribe/Bell

[@PianoFromScratch]

Welcome aboard!

[@martinamondo405]

Touch on melody making.

[@PianoFromScratch]

I'm really just hoping someone gets the movie reference in the thumbnail 🎥

[@BeckyTaylor]

Irreversible

[@PianoFromScratch]

@@BeckyTaylor Afraid not, it's a 2020 film

[@timajrobins]

is it Tenet?

[@PianoFromScratch]

@@timajrobins Yup! Glad someone got it finally,

[@frankconley7630]

Fricken genius talking. Listen to him.

[@martinamondo405]

Please help on how to play F#

[@jorgeparr3002]

AWESOME 👌

[@joannavandeneijnden5437]

Please show using chords with sheet music

[@prodreza]

Just subscribe man , appreciate for what you are doing, cheers

[@PianoFromScratch]

Awesome! Part 3 finding inversion shapes straight away is coming very soon

[@ishpatel3821]

Great video! (even though I haven't even seen it yet)

[@raydanielz9408]

🙊??

[@sergeynemkov1554]

I'm on the edge of my seat You GOTTA give us an update 🙏

[@muhayimanakizito3415]

Hi I need to study playing piano

[@הודיההודיה-ב9ט]

Hi 🙂. I wanted to ask if each chord has 3 inversions and there are 12 chords in major and 12 chords in minor. So does that mean there are 72 chords in total ?

[@capitan3321]

Yes, but there are 72 basic chords. There are more chords like major7, dominant 7, minor 7, sus, etc.

[@הודיההודיה-ב9ט]

Thanks

[@gladysnweke5545]

Good morning please how can one play them in scale mixing the inversion for easy soloing as a pianist who plays him to make it easy and not stressful

[@gladysnweke5545]

Let's say I want to play a song London bridge is falling down and I want to play it in cord ,playing it with one inversion will make your hands go far distance but mixing the inversion keeps your hands closer and not in a far distance , hope you understand what I mean I want to see it practically

[@gladysnweke5545]

I really need to see it it will make playing hymns more easier thanks and God bless and please if the video is done please notify me , thanks once again you are doing a great job God bless

[@PianoFromScratch]

Bit tricky to explain properly, but the basic idea to make a melody sound 'chordie' (well 1 way of doing it) is to have the melody note on top. Usually, the chords may not change with every melody note, of course. Take your example, london bridge in the key of C major. The first note (Lon) is G and the first chord is C major. Play a root position C major chord and the melody note (G) is on top. The next note (Don) is A, you could play that on it's own. The 3rd note (Bridge) is G again, so play the C chord in root position with G on the top again. The 4th note (Is) is F, play it alone. Here the chord is still C but the melody moves in between it for a moment. The 5th note 'fall' is E, well that's in the C chord (which we're still on) so we can just play the first 2 notes of the C major chord, C and E, leaving the melody on top again. the next note (ing) we can go back up to F on its own then the last one i'll do is back to G (Down) so we can just play the C chord again with the note G on top. I can't think of a better way to describe that without actual notation or showing you, unfortunately. That's only one way it could be done of course. This is stuff I will be getting into on the channel eventually so stay tuned!

[@yongchaozhao1437]

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